Today is one of those days….I am not feeling so great, as I have been fighting with anxiety for a while now, and it has temporarily won. However, I will take stock, re-arm and continue to fight until it surrenders…
In the meantime, I thought I would drag myself out of the inertia (I haven’t slept so much for ages) and try to make myself feel and look better by painting my toenails(the logical choice for someone who is severely lacking in motivation to do anything). I have recently bought some lovely polish and set about the job. Well I needn’t have bothered! The end result looks like it has been applied by a two-year old wearing boxing gloves! What a bloody mess, my toes have nice dark green blobs all over them. Some of which are actually on the nails as intended, but most are liberally dotted everywhere else!
I am however, going to try to do a bit of housework. God knows I am hard-pressed to want to do that at any time, let alone when I am feeling like this, but a fellow anxiety sufferer whose blog I follow, finds that she enjoys it, and it helps her,(as you can read here). So I will try and take a leaf out of Mary-Anne’s book and give it a go.
Mind you, I cannot get as excited about putting the rubbish out as she does. If there is one thing that annoys me, it is a full-up rubbish bin, and I usually nag ask Mr Grump to take it out. He will no doubt be pleased to be relieved of this duty for a while whilst I try out my cleaning rampage to see if that helps me fight the enemy!
I think having a positive attitude helps, and perhaps that is where I am always going wrong. It seems to be a bit of a trait in my family. I know both of my sisters have mentioned that they too seem to look on the negative side of things. It is funny, but it seems to be quite a difficult habit to get out of! That is something else I need to take in hand and gain control of.
Yep, I need to get myself up off of the settee. I have become far too attached to it today. I nodded off on it earlier, and woke up feeling cold and groggy, then lazed about watching TV which was pretty depressing. I notice that naughty Roxy (our dog) dived straight into the comfy corner spot as soon as I got up to use my laptop! She certainly doesn’t care if she sleeps all day.
I think I might dig out one of my favourite 80s CDs to blast out whilst I am cleaning up. I fancy a bit of Human League or Depeche Mode might lighten the mood… Well it’s time to stop procrastinating…off I go into the fray!

I can understand what you’re saying. I think that sometimes transitioning from the holidays to a regular routine sets off my anxiety sometimes. Listening to upbeat tunes is a great idea! I’ve also noticed that going for a walk in nature is helpful, too. I hope you feel better! 🙂
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Thank you Tonya. I did feel a little better in the end yesterday after listening to a bit of Stylistics and cleaning out the fridge! I’ll try going for a walk as well to see hoe that goes, 🙂
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I can get like that at times. Not so much the anxiety (that only happens occasionally – usually around 3am) but the inertia and desire to sleep all day. I try as much as possible to stick to regular bedtimes or at least wake times.
Right now I’m on a cleaning streak and seeing clean revealed from grubby is helping me to beat those winter blues.
My mother goes on cleaning binges when she gets grumpy and tosses anything she can. Once she was in a really bad mood and couldn’t untangle the cords for the electric blankets – she took the scissors to them!
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I have to say that I did end up doing a little bit of cleaning today and it does make me feel a bit better.
I laughed when I saw that your Mum got mad with the the cords and set about them with the scissors! Thanks for sharing that and making me smile 🙂
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It must be in the air these days. Lately I feel like if I have done a load of laundry it’s been a full day! Honestly, over the past few weeks I have spent more time asleep than awake. I think it’s okay for us to go through these down days so long as we are aware of them. Now I may just drag myself up & out for a walk and a bit of sunlight today! Here’s to brighter days ahead! 🙂
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It is so draining isn’t it, wanting to sleep all the time. I have had to go to bed at 6.30pm and 7.30pm as I just couldn’t keep my eyes open! I then slept for 12 hours and woke up tired again! I am also dragging myself out today which I hope will help. I hope you too feel better soon 🙂
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hope it helps. anxiety sucks! (she says as she heads off to do the dishes…..)
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Well i did manage to summon up enough energy/motivation to go and clean my fridge out, and I felt a bit better afterwards so thanks for your inspiration! I hope that you also manage to send it packing!
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80s music makes almost anything better…
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Yes i agree. Although I ended up playing the Stylistics, and had a screech along to them. 🙂
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